Bicycle supporting-bar.



No. 727,473. PATENTED MAY 5,. i903.-

G. SPENGE.

BICYCLE SUPPORTING BAR.

APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 14. 1901.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 5, 1908.

GIDEON SPENOE, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

BICYCLE SUPPORTING-BAR.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,473, dated May 5, 1903.

Application filed September 14, 1901. Serial No. 75,400. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GIDEON SPENCE, a citizen of the United States, residing, at Newport, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle Supporting-Bars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bicycles; and the object of my invention is the provision of simple and practical means for obtaining the desired adjustments of the handle-bar of the bicycle according to the re-- I quirements of the rider.

To attain the desired object, my invention consists of a bicycle supporting-bar embodying novel features of construction and comhination of parts substantially as disclosed an ornament can also be utilized for holding a flag, lamp, or other article. Also mounted upon said angular bar is the angular sleeve J, retained by the set-screw K and formed with the annular band L, having a set-screw M for holding at any desired adjustment the handle-bar N, as will be understood.

From the drawings and description it is evident that I provide simple, inexpensive, and practical means for securing any desired adjustment of the handle-bar.

-I claim- I In a' bicycle the combination with the steering-head, of a shank, the angular sleeve carried thereby, a set-screw adjustable in said sleeve, an angular bar fitting said sleeve, an angular sleeve fitted to said angular bar having a set-screw, the said sleeve formed with an annular band at right angles to said angular bar and adapted to receive the handlebar, and a set-screw adjustable in said annular sleeve independent of the first-mentioned set-screw and adapted to engage the handlebar, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GIDEON SPENOE.

\Vitnesses:

MARY IDA SPENCE, CATHERINE A. SPENCER. 

